Opus One, Michael Silacci, Napa Valley, and the 2026 harvest: four keywords that mark the end of a long technical era for one of the iconic wineries of Californian wine. The Oakville winery has announced the planned retirement of its winemaker at the end of the next harvest. Silacci will retire after twenty-five years at
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Franco Bernabei, winemaker of the Italian wine Renaissance, has died. Some of his wines became symbols, such as Flaccianello della Pieve by Fontodi, Fontalloro by Fèlsina, and Vigneto Bucerchiale by Selvapiana
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During the night between Sunday, June 28 and Monday, June 29, the Banfi winery in Piedmont, in Strevi, in the province of Alessandria, was hit by a significant theft. According to the company, over 3,000 bottles were stolen, largely Alta Langa Docg labels. The theft involved entire pallets of product. A detail that, according to
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Italian wine tries to play its world match even without a soccer national team. While Italy remains out of the 2026 World Cup for the third consecutive edition, Coldiretti brings the “Italian wine national team” to New York: a promotional campaign designed to present wine as an ambassador of Made in Italy, the Mediterranean Diet,
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Sixty years of history for one of the oldest denominations in Tuscany. The Consorzio di Tutela Bianco di Pitigliano e Sovana DOC celebrated the anniversary of the Bianco di Pitigliano DOC with the conference “60 years of the Bianco di Pitigliano DOC – A millenary heritage looking to the future,” hosted at the Cantina di
Everything is ready in Ho Chi Minh City for the official opening of Wines Experience Vietnam 2026. On June 25 and 26, the country’s main economic and commercial hub will host the second stop on the international calendar entirely dedicated to promoting Italian wine production worldwide. For two intensive days, the Asian metropolis will transform
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Italian wine is entering a period of adjustment. After post-pandemic growth, 2025 closes with bottlings down 2.1% compared to 2024. In the first five months of 2026, the contraction continues, with a provisional decline of 5.4%. This picture emerges from the Valoritalia Annual Report 2026, presented in Rome at the Hotel Sina Bernini Bristol. The
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Chianti DOCG is changing and updating its production rules. The new production regulations approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry and published in the Official Gazette have come into effect. This represents the most significant intervention in recent years for the denomination, the result of a process initiated by the Consorzio Vino
Marta Vidal is the new president of D.O. Cava. The election took place yesterday during the plenary session of the Regulatory Council, held at its headquarters in Vilafranca del Penedès. Vidal will lead the denomination for the next four years, after securing the support of an absolute majority of the Plenum members, composed equally of
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Piedmont Wine, Coldiretti Speaks Out on Yields, Stocks, Labels, Bureaucracy. Meeting Between Coldiretti and Region, Discussion Also on Piedmont IGT
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